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...College set a 60 percent "preppie" quota in order to prevent "a house becoming the house of the rich people and another house the house of the poor people," says Heimert...
That is the impetus behind Buchanan's two-pronged attack. On the home front, he slams Bush for breaking his no new taxes pledge and for signing last year's Civil Rights Act, which Buchanan calls an unjust quota bill. Buchanan rails against illegal immigrants, who he claims are draining taxpayer dollars. He wants to slash the size of the Federal Government, freeze government regulations for two years and roll back half of Congress's recent pay hike. He also wants to clamp term limits on "those check-kiting, boodling Congressmen on Capitol Hill." In one of his nastier pitches...
Thernstrom said Harvard "pays lip service toaffirmative action," but because it can attractsuch a strong pool of applicants, the Universityis not forced to institute a quota system...
...Ronald Reagan, Buchanan would be a real leader. Speechwriter and aide to three presidents, Buchanan is an insider to the world of executive decision making, but an outsider to the world of get-along-to-go-along congressional compromise. That means no more corrupt budget deals. No more quota bills. No surrender to those who would rather steal their way to public policy success than argue their case before the American people...
...Beijing cotton mill, workers have a problem: the factory quota of 10 free condoms a month -- for married employees only -- is not sufficient for their bedtime needs. In fact, the world's most populous society is facing a crisis of condoms. China's 7 million users, more than double the number of eight years ago, say there are just not enough prophylactics to go around...